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Thanks to all of the student participants and their faculty mentors for making CUSRR 2015 so successful!  The organizers of CUSRR would also like to thank the entire Colby College community for contributing to this fantastic event.  Finally, thanks to our marvelous Keynote Speaker, Rosette Royale ’89!

For a copy of the CUSRR 2015 program, click here.

CUSRR 2015 Statistics
Participating Students: 98
Participating Faculty: 26
Student Presentations: 68
Total Symposium Attendance: 154

CUSRR 2015 Awards

Oral Presentation Award:
Tarini Hardikar (Chemistry)

Runners-up:
Alex Plesa (Biology), Dylan Cincotta (Chemistry)

Poster Presentation Award:
Gary Koplik (Economics)

Runners-up: 
Kathy Lipshultz (Geology), Oriana Battifarano and Alyson Churchill (Geology)

Gregory C. Pomeroy ’81 Award:
Jenna Hill and Kelford Mitchel (Geology)

William H. Koster ’66 Award:
Weiqi Gu (Economics)

John C. Chahbazi Award:
Will Simmons (Biology)

Thank to you all of the student presenters at CUSRR, their faculty mentors, and all other members of the Colby community that made 2014’s event such a terrific success!  A special thank you to our keynote speaker, President David Greene.

CUSRR was featured in a Colby video describing summer research experiences, check it out!

For a copy of the CUSRR 2014 program, click here.

CUSRR 2014 Statistics
Participating Students: 78
Participating Faculty: 28
Student Presentations: 54
Total Symposium Attendance: 128

CUSRR 2014 Awards

Oral Presentation Award:
Shelby O’Neill (Government)

Runners-up:
Melissa Preziosi (Psychology), Erin Breen (Psychology)

Poster Presentation Award:
Raymund Chung (Psychology)

Runners-up: 
Justin Lutian & Xi Yang (Biology), Melissa Meyer (History), Caroline Minott (Psychology)

Gregory C. Pomeroy (’81) Award:
Tiffany Lam & Siyuan Li (Computer Science)

William H. Koster (’66) Award:
Gilbert Kiggundu (Economics)

John C. Chahbazi Award:
Emmie Lai & Jacob Zhang (Museum of Art)

For a copy of the CUSRR 2013 program, click here.

CUSRR 2013 Statistics
Participating Students: 84
Participating Faculty: 17
Student Presentations: 65
Total Symposium Attendance: 112

CUSRR 2013 Awards

Gregory C. Pomeroy (’81) Award:
Josephine Liang and Anna Kronauer (Psychology)

William H. Koster (’66) Award:
Kate Connolly (History)

John C. Chahbazi Award:
Omari Matthew (Biology)

For a copy of the CUSRR 2012 program, click here.

CUSRR 2012 Statistics
Participating Students: 101
Participating Faculty: 24
Student Presentations: 65
Total Symposium Attendance: 148

CUSRR 2012 Awards

Oral Presentation Award:
Miia-Liisa Termonen, Czarina Evangelista & Anna Caron (Psychology), Ai Phuong Tong (Chemistry)

Runners-up:
Alexandra Brown & Adam Thompson (Psychology), Rebecca Newman (Economics), Lindsey Pruett (Government)

Poster Presentation Award:
Clara Bicher and Sara George (Geology)

Runners-up:
Miia-Liisa Termonen, Czarina Evangelista, & Anna Varon (Psychology), Rhiannon Archer & Kelsey Park (Psychology), Waylin Yu & Ariel Batallan (Psychology)

Gregory C. Pomeroy (’81) Award:
Tara Chizinski (Geology)

William H. Koster (’66) Award:
Julia Blumenstyk (Psychology)

John C. Chabazi Award:
Nicholas Papaanastassiou & Caitlin Vorlicek (Economics)

For a copy of the CUSRR 2011 program, click here.

CUSRR 2011 Statistics
Participating students: 96
Participating Faculty: 27
Student Presentations: 63
Total Symposium Attendance: 143

CUSRR 2011 Awards

Oral Presentation Award:
Kristen Erickson, Derek Wise, and Chelsea Nickerson (Psychology)

Poster Presentation Award:
Allison Bolger and Lea Korsmeyer (Geology)

Gregory C. Pomeroy ’81 Award:
Charlie Spatz (Science, Technology, and Society)

William H. Koster ’66 Award:
Elizabeth Hughes (Biology)

Thanks to Colby College for their support and Crab Apple Whitewater for their terrific hospitality. Keynote Speaker Dr. Gregory Pomeroy ’81, who presented a lecture entitled, “Bone graft alternatives in Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Surgery”.

For a copy of the CUSRR 2010 program, click here.

For an assessment of the CUSRR 2010 program, click here.

The most sincere thanks must go to the 86 students who participated in CUSRR 2010.

CUSRR 2010 Statistics
Participating students: 86
Participating Faculty: 22
Student Presentations: 61
Total Symposium Attendance: 127

CUSRR 2010 Awards

Oral Presentation Award:
Tori Gray & John Gardiner (Psychology)

Runners-up:
Jack Harris (Government), Martha Witick & Leah Perlmutter (Computer Science)

Poster Presentation Award:
Zachary Cecere, Elisabeth Childs, James Staley & Naomi Staley (Computer Science)

Runners-up:
Hilary Householder & Abigael Cheruiyot (Biology), Aaron Whitman (Psychology)

Many thanks to the CUSRR Planning Committee and to our financial benefactors,

Colby College, Colby’s HHMI steering committee, Idexx Laboratories, and Artel Inc.

We must also thank Crab Apple Whitewater for their terrific hospitality and to our Keynote Speaker Dr. Scott Murchie ’81 from Johns Hopkins University, who presented a lecture entitled, “New Views of Mercury and Mars: Fire and Ice in the Inner Solar System”.

The most sincere thanks must go to the 70 students who participated in CUSRR 2009. The quality of the scholarship and of the presentations themselves were inspiring!

For a copy of the CUSRR 2009 program, click here.

CUSRR 2009 Statistics
Participating Students: 70
Participating Faculty: 17
Student Presentations: 57
Total Symposium Attendance: 115

CUSRR 2009 Awards

Oral Presentation Award:
Ellen Baker (Psychology)

Runner-up:
Alec Oot, Bogumil Giertier, & Irina Cazan (Computer Science)

Honorable Mentions:
Jean Corriveau (Pyschology), Sharonda Bradley (Psychology)

Poster Presentation Award:
Dana Breakstone (Psychology)

Runner-Up:
Ben Rooney (Biology)

Honorable Mentions:
Bridget Reichelderfer (Chemistry), Catarina Ruksznis & Jessica Acker (Biology)

For a copy of the 2008 CUSRR program, click here.

The quality and depth of the presentations by the 45 summer research students in attendance was very impressive. Many thanks go to our benefactors: Colby College, Idexx Laboratories, Artel-USA, and Crab Apple Whitewater. Please check out the article in the Fall 2008 issue of Colby Magazine. CUSRR 2008 featured a full-day research symposium with students talks and posters, as well as a Keynote Lecture by Dr. David Bodine, ’76, of the National Institute of Health. Dr. Bodine had this to say about his experience at CUSRR 2008. The following day was a whitewater rafting adventure down the Kennebec River, courtesy of Crab Apple Whitewater.